Site flk
- Name: flk
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b2321 MG1655 locus tag div - Mnemonic: flagellar
- Left End Point: 52.51
- Right End Point: 52.53
- Direction: >
- Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
flk-730(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10229 EcoliWiki flk - Comment:
- transcribed divergently wrt pdxB, the 2 promoters overlap. provisional name div. Salmonella homolog indicated function in sensing flagellar assembly stage
- References:
- Schoenlein, P.V., B.B. Roa, M.E. Winkler 1989. Divergent transcription of pdxB and homology between the pdxB and serA gene products in Escherichia coli K-12. J.Bacteriol. 171:6084-6092
- Karlinsey, J.E., A.J. Pease, M.E. Winkler, J.L. Bailey, K.T. Hughes 1997. The flk gene of Salmonella typhimurium couples flagellar P- and L-ring assembly to flagellar morphogenesis. J.Bacteriol. 179:2389-2400